ANAHEIM — After spending most of his post-playing career on a track to be a general manager, Ray Montgomery has now had half a season to see what it’s like to be a major league manager.

What happens next won’t be entirely up to him – the Angels are expected to make decisions on the manager and coaching staff shortly after the end of the season – but for his part, he’s still interested in both directions.

“Everything in the game appeals to me,” Montgomery said on Thursday. “I’ve been really fortunate that I’ve been able to do some of these things. I think (the GM) job is an incredibly difficult job, as are all of them in this game.

“I could tell you, from doing this job, there is no substitute to actually sitting in the chair. People talk about it all the time. When you’re sitting in the

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